As the weeks progress in using Pro/E Wildfire 5.0, i am impressed at the ease of use of the program itself. Just getting the parts required for the assembly can be a nightmare for some engineers since they sometimes are working in more than one project in the same directory with about 5 other files types of the same model. Pro/E has made it quite simple in sorting the files that you require simply by using the file type filter opinion to select the model type i want as well as using the search function.
The best part of this function is that you can do this either on the local harddrive or on a network based system to file the design required for editing. It is also worth noting that the search function is not limited to single part files either. You can use the search function of Pro/E Assembly for ASM files with many parts. Instead of manually finding the part that you are looking for, go to Edit and find function and you will get another dialogue box showing that you can search for various components in assembly by using the correct name and hopefully you have named the parts in the assembly as well.
Now the 3D mode, allows for assemblies to be quickly disassembled and shown in an exploded view. This helps to show the various components in which can be edited dynamically now in Wildfire 5.0. This is simply done by going to main menus >View > Explode > Explode View. To move components in exploded view just go to View > Explode > Edit Position, then from here just move the necessary components required. This is just a few functions that i have found particularly useful that are available in Pro/E Wildfire 5.0.
Here is a nice example that i have found:
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